Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-10-14

the General Assembly of Virginia aforesaid,
and because he believed this court had no
jurisdiction whatever to award the injunction
violated
Respondent disclaims any intention to treat
the Court with dlsrepect, and states thot he
has been actuated alone with the desire to
have the law properly administered.
r. A. AYERS,
Acknowledgement of Virginia
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND MIR. SCOTT IN JAIL
About 10:15 o'clock last night Attorney
General Ayers and Mr.. Scott were carried to
the city jail by United States Marshal Scott
and given into the custody of the deputy in
charge. Both were in excellent spirits and as
they were conducted up the stairs to the office
they laughed and talked and seemed rather
amused with their peculiar surrounding The
deputy gave them the possession of the office,
the room adjoining which is used as a dining
room by the Sergeant and his deputies, and
the next room-Deputy-S Sergeant Macon's bed
ROOM The third room he told his visitors
they could use to sleep in if they desired to:
AS he looked with eager interest around him
Acknowledgement Ayers smiled as he turned
to Mr.. Scott and said: ''There is nothing ex-
I travagant about this, is there ?"
No." said Mr.. Scott, 'this is what Judge
Bond calls our hotel"
The bedroom given the pair has three win
dows and two doors. The windows are bar
red, and the air of the room was very warm
because the kitchen was underneath In one
corner were stacked five guns, and Mr.. Ayers
as he entered the room said: ''Well we've got
sufficient arms here, even if we are behind the
bars"
fortably seated in the office smoking.
GOVERNOR LEE GOES TO JAII.-oN VISIT
dispatch" reporter called at the E1ecu-
| tive Mansion last night about $3.50 o'clock and
met his Excellency in his office. The question
was asked him:
''What have you to say in reference to the
| arrest and imprisonment of Attorney General
| Ayers and Commonwealth Attorney Scott?'
What! Are they in prison ~ said the Gov
| ernor, with surprise, and Indignantly
'Yes they are going there at 10 o'clock"
III go down and see Ayers at once. Wait
, till I wash my face and hands. I have just re-
= TUNED from Washington" remarked the Gov
erskas he started away.
j Few minutes afterwards he returned and,
accompanied by the reporter went to the Jail,
| where he had consultation with the Attor-
| ney-General.
On his way to the jail the Governor spoke
| freely about Attorney General Ayers incar-
| ceration.
He characterized it as an outrageous stride
| upon the Constitution and the rights of the
~'to the opinions of the best legal minds of the
| State such men as Judges Irwin, McLaugh-
| lin, Keith, Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, and
host of others. An usurping Federal Judge
can take away the liberties of the people as
we'll by such methods as they can be manacled
| by arms. The Virginia people are law-abiding
and the cases will be carried by q A05eas
| corpus to the Supreme Court. All of the States
of the Union are intert sted in preserving their
constitutional rights, and if the Supreme
Court sustains this Federal Judge, the sooner
the States insist on an amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution protecting, defining, and
preserving their rights from such encroach-
! ments the bettor or our whole form of Gov
eminent will be altered aud an empire will
| replace republic"
THE U. S SUPREME COURT GRANTS
WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS.
In Washington, Wednesday, the U. S.
Supreme Court granted writs of hobeas
corpus ia the cases of Messrs. Ayers. Nc
Cabe (Who is DOW also in Jail at Rich
mondD, and Scott. The writs are return
able on Monday next, when the whole
case will be gone into.